Word information
Simplified弯腰
Traditional彎腰
Pinyinwān yāo
Part of speechDictionary
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Character breakdown
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How to learn 弯腰
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弯wān
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]
腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
拐弯guǎiwānto go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
弯曲wānqūto bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
掏腰包tāoyāobāoto dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
走弯路zǒuwānlùto take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method